Drug release kinetics and transport mechanisms of non-degradable and degradable polymeric delivery systems

Y Fu, WJ Kao - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance of the field: The advancement in material design and engineering has led to the
rapid development of new materials with increasing complexity and functions. Both non …

Polyurethane-based drug delivery systems

JY Cherng, TY Hou, MF Shih, H Talsma… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Polyurethanes (PUs) are formed by a reaction between isocyanates and diols to yield
polymers with urethane bonds (–NH–COO–) in their main chain. A great variety of building …

Fabrication of polyurethane and polyurethane based composite fibres by the electrospinning technique for soft tissue engineering of cardiovascular system

J Kucinska-Lipka, I Gubanska, H Janik… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is a unique technique, which provides forming of polymeric scaffolds for soft
tissue engineering, which include tissue scaffolds for soft tissues of the cardiovascular …

Electrospun multilayer chitosan scaffolds as potential wound dressings for skin lesions

RB Trinca, CB Westin, JAF da Silva… - European Polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, double layer scaffolds were produced through the use of the electrospinning
technique. One layer acts as mechanical support, being composed of polycaprolactone or a …

Biodegradable polyurethane ureas with variable polyester or polycarbonate soft segments: Effects of crystallinity, molecular weight, and composition on mechanical …

Z Ma, Y Hong, DM Nelson, JE Pichamuthu… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Biodegradable polyurethane urea (PUU) elastomers are ideal candidates for fabricating
tissue engineering scaffolds with mechanical properties akin to strong and resilient soft …

Biocompatible, degradable thermoplastic polyurethane based on polycaprolactone-block-polytetrahydrofuran-block-polycaprolactone copolymers for soft tissue …

HY Mi, X Jing, BN Napiwocki, BS Hagerty… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biodegradable synthetic polymers have been widely used as tissue engineering scaffold
materials. Even though they have shown excellent biocompatibility, they have failed to …

Microwave-assisted polymer synthesis (MAPS) as a tool in biomaterials science: how new and how powerful

A Sosnik, G Gotelli, GA Abraham - Progress in polymer science, 2011 - Elsevier
Lack of reproducibility, difficult and expensive scale-up and standarization of synthetic
processes are the main hurdles towards the industrial production of raw synthetic and semi …

A review on carbohydrate embedded polyurethanes: An emerging area in the scope of biomedical applications

A Solanki, M Das, S Thakore - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
Polyurethanes (PUs) are expanding to newer horizons in the field of biomedical sciences,
particularly due to their exceptional set of properties that deem fit for applications in the said …

Disulfide bond and Diels–Alder reaction bond hybrid polymers with high stretchability, transparency, recyclability, and intrinsic dual healability for skin-like tactile …

CM Yeh, CH Lin, TY Han, YT Xiao, YA Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
For next-generation electronics, it is crucial to be able to accurately mimic the nature of
human skin and develop skin-inspired materials and devices for electronic skin (e-skin) …

Low-initial-modulus biodegradable polyurethane elastomers for soft tissue regeneration

C Xu, Y Huang, L Tang, Y Hong - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The mechanical match between synthetic scaffold and host tissue remains challenging in
tissue regeneration. The elastic soft tissues exhibit low initial moduli with a J-shaped tensile …